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# Skandapurana 16.205.78

Skandapurāṇa 16.205.78

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.205.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.205.78)

svaṃ vṛṣaṃ tu parityaktvā pareṇa tu vṛṣāyate ..  
vṛṣalī sā tu vijñeyā na śūdrī vṛṣalī bhavet .. 78 ..

> Abandoning her own lawful husband, she who lusts after another— / she is to be known as a vṛṣalī; a Śūdra woman by birth alone is not necessarily a vṛṣalī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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